Xi Jinping’s Olympics Visit Boosts Russia Ties
On a visit to Russia to attend the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Sochi, President Xi...
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State Media Responds to Rights Report
Human Rights Watch recently released its 22nd annual World Report, whose 676 pages include a country-by-country overview of human rights developments around the world and a series of essays on themes including the Arab Spring...
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For an article in Foreign Policy, Gary Bass interviews numerous Chinese Foreign Ministry officials and asks them about China’s diplomatic relationships with leaders of Zimbabwe, Myanmar, North Korea, Sudan, and other...
Read MoreChina Relishes Olympics Legacy
On the one year anniversary of the opening of the Olympics in Beijing, journalists are reflecting on the legacy of the Games for Beijing and for China. From the Christian Science Monitor: One year after Beijing hosted the Summer...
Read MoreUnited Nations: China Says NO to Democracy and Human Rights
By Willy Fautré, Human Rights Without Frontiers Int’l: The Chinese delegation has rejected almost all the recommendations aiming at promoting democracy and human rights made by ALL the EU member states and by Argentina,...
Read MoreGroup: China Fails To Improve Human Rights In 2008
From AP: China failed to enact democratic reforms in 2008 despite promises to do so, a private democracy watchdog organization said Tuesday. The statement from the Washington, D.C.-based Freedom House came as the group unveiled...
Read MoreChina 2008: Human Rights
This next installment in the CDT series on important issues facing China in 2008 concerns the state of human rights in China. See also these previous China 2008 articles: China and the Developing World, Nationalism, Internet...
Read MoreChina Dissidents Eye Uncertain Post-Olympics Landscape
From AFP: Despite hopes the Olympics would improve human rights, China’s crackdown on dissidents before and during the Games has likely set the stage for a lasting period of even tighter controls, government critics say....
Read MoreOlympics as PR: Here’s the New, Modern China
Henry Sanderson reports for the Associated Press: … the modern image that China is showcasing to the world during its turn in the white-hot Olympic spotlight may be nice to look at, but the Communist Party remains firmly...
Read MoreOlympics Leaves Positive Legacies for Some Groups
Despite the negative news about the government’s failure to permit protests and a crackdown on dissenting voices ahead of the Olympics, the AP reports on the ways that the Olympics may bring positive change to...
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